what needs fixing first?

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Further reading: “Inspecting Your Home,” No. A1.1, by Building Research Council, University of Illinois, 1993, 8pp., $2 plus $1.50 shipping-handling. Make checks payable to University of Illinois, and mail to School of Architecture-Building Research Council, College of Fine and Applied Arts, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1 East Saint Mary’s Rd., Champaign, IL 61820; 800-336-0616.

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a better barn

There’s still room for horses, hay and tractors but now you can make an Adirondack chair in the workshop, burn off a few pounds in the exercise room and revive in the sauna

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smart stuff

Steal these ideas

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america’s first houses

To imagine what it was like to live here 300 years ago, try to forget everything you take for granted